Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 295 Butler

On the other side, above the mourning hall.

The sudden appearance of a group of uninvited guests immediately perked up Yu Yin, who was keeping vigil.

He climbed up from the cushion, came in front of Li Cunxi and others, and bowed to everyone.

"I am Yu Yin, a commoner, and I pay my respects to all the lords and generals."

Li Cunxi helped Yu Yin up and said sternly, "I came here this time because I have something to ask you. I hope you can answer me honestly."

Yu Yin bowed again and again, and said in a clear voice: "Please ask me any questions, my Lord. I will answer honestly if I know anything."

"Did you know that your father once borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Merchant Company?"

"The common people know about this."

"Then, why did your father borrow 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Trading Company?"

Hearing Li Cunxi's blunt question, Yu Yin could only recall it carefully in his mind.

Then, he shook his head and said helplessly:

"I'm sorry, Lord Li, I don't know about this. My father borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Trading Company five years ago. I was still young at that time and didn't know much about the family affairs."

Li Cunxi was obviously not satisfied with this answer, but Yu Yin used the excuse that he was too young, which he could not refute.

Whether in ancient times or in later times, the excuse of being young is a golden ticket to immunity from death.

As long as it does not involve endangering national interests and the two major premises of life for life and blood debt for blood, a young person will not be sentenced to death even if he kills someone.

Although it is criticized that young people can do whatever they want, there are always people who say that children are still young and should be educated. If you kill someone, the only thing you will end up with is continued observation.

This is how we protect children in later generations, and it is even more so in this broken age.

After Yu Yin said this, Li Cunxi could clearly feel that this person was not telling the truth.

However, Li Cunxi had no evidence to prove that he was lying.

"In that case, let me ask you a different question."

"Is there anyone else in your family who might know the reason?"

Yu Yin thought about it again and finally answered:

"My mother probably knew, but she has passed away. Maybe the housekeeper knew, because the housekeeper has been with my father for more than 10 years and is the person my father trusts the most."

Li Cunxi turned around and winked at the evil spirit.

The demon spirit, who had already understood what he meant, immediately turned around and went outside. Soon he brought back the old butler who had finally managed to pacify the servants.

This was probably the first time the old butler had encountered such a scene. After bowing to everyone, he came to stand beside Yu Yin tremblingly.

"What's your name?" Li Cunxi asked with raised eyebrows.

"In response to Li Shaoyin, my name is Liu Dong." The old butler replied tremblingly.

"I have three questions for you. Think about how to answer them." Li Cunxi touched his chin. "First, in which year did you follow Governor Yu? Second, why did Governor Yu borrow 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Merchants? Third, who bribed Governor Yu?"

After listening to this, Liu Dong fell into deep thought.

No one spoke to disturb him.

In just half a cup of tea, Liu Dong raised his head, with a more determined expression on his face.

"It seems that you have already thought of the answer." Li Cunxi said.

"Yes, Li Shaoyin, I will start from the first question." Liu Dong said, "I followed the master seventeen years ago. That year, the master had just passed the imperial examination and came to Dengzhou to serve as the county magistrate. On the way, he saved a beggar like us and brought me with him."

"next."

"I only know a little about the reason why the master borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Company. It seems that he wanted to give a gift to someone, but in the end I did not participate in the gift-giving process, so I don't know either."

"The third."

"I found out about the master's bribery very late. It was two days before the master hanged himself. The master suddenly came back home and told me that the young master would depend on me for care in the future. He also said that he had accepted a bribe of 200,000 taels of silver from someone, which was considered to be paying off the debt. As for who the bribe was from, the master never said."

……

The moment he left Yu's house, Li Cunxi's heart was filled with frustration.

For the first time, I realized that investigating a case was so difficult.

In this era, there was no DNA testing technology like in later generations, nor was there any other unforgeable method to check the identity of a suspect.

These people suspected of being criminals only need to grit their teeth and not tell the truth, nor meet each other, just live their own lives, not contact each other or pass on information through others, just pretend not to know each other, and won't say anything no matter what the investigators ask.

They will be fine.

Unless Li Cunxi abandons his usual method of investigating cases, he will choose to use a stick to torture these people into confessing.

But this method would definitely not work. Li Cunxi knew it, and the people who followed him knew it too.

Those who have committed crimes and have powerful backgrounds also know this.

So they are not afraid of being tortured into confessing.

Because they simply don't know how to face this situation.

After getting into the carriage, Li Cunxi scratched his head frantically. He had never seen these suspects in the detective series, and they had never used such dirty tricks on Di Renjie.

This is like the greedy Xu Shide no longer wants money, and his purpose in making the Huzhou case becomes to kill the descendants of the Li family.

As a result, Di Renjie was trapped in Huzhou, Li Gui died in Cuiping Mountain, Liu Chuanlin fell to his death on a rock, Liu Chali died without any evidence, and Li Yuanfang had no way to find out the truth. Even if Xu Shide knew the location of the last copy of "The Blue Shirt Records", he would not take it.

This will lead to another outcome of the Blue Shirt Case.

Di Renjie and others were all executed in Huzhou on the grounds of colluding with the crown prince to plot rebellion against Wu Zetian, and their families might even be confiscated and exterminated. Crown Prince Li Xian was deposed and imprisoned for life, and might even follow in the footsteps of Li Xian. Xu Shide had made outstanding contributions, and he might become the next Grand Councilor of the Inner Guard.

This is the situation Li Cunxi is facing, but it will only last until the case is left unresolved, and neither he nor the people accompanying him will get into trouble.

At best, the real murderer will go unpunished.

However, how could Li Cunxi, who has always been unwilling to be kept in the dark, be willing to accept such an outcome?

He had won every murder case like The Blue Shirt Case, so could this mere Dengzhou case really let him fall like this?

"It's strange, I actually feel a strong sense of frustration from you, Cunxi, is it possible that you have no other options?"

Li Cunxi's silence made Wu Yanhao feel a little uncomfortable.

The Li Cunxi he knew was not someone who could be easily fooled.

"Then what else can we do?" Li Cunxi sighed.

"Fool." Wu Yanhao sneered, "Didn't you forget that he just gave us a clue?"